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2026-03-14T13:48:32.164Z
So who should we be looking out for in the bunch sprint? While some of the fastmen have left the race, including stage two winner Max Kanter, there are still plenty of big names here.
Luke Lamperti stands out visible in his green jersey. He’s seeking a second stage win, and should enjoy this uphill terrain.
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That’s it, the catch has been made, 9.5km from the finish.
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10KM TO GO
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Marsman is tiring now. He’s not looking so smooth, and is only 15 seconds ahead.
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UAE’s Rune Herregodts has had a problem and is waiting for the team car.
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For the first time, the peloton is making inroads into Marsman’s lead. It’s come back to under 30 seconds.
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15KM TO GO
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It looks cold at the finish in Isola. There is snow on the roadside, although thankfully the road itself has been cleaned up and appears to be dry.
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Marsman leading the race.
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20KM TO GO
Marsman’s lead has gone up some more, to 35 seconds. It’s still going to be very hard for him to stay clear though, especially once the sprinter teams start their lead-outs.
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There’s a train of Ineos riders formed at the other side of the road to Visma-Lease a Bike, looking after their leader Kévin Vauquelin. He would have hoped to have moved up from fourth overall, had it been possible to race the stage in full. Instead, he’ll have one more chance tomorrow to gain the 19 seconds he needs to gain on Georg Steinhauser to take his place on the GC podium.
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25KM TO GO
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Mechancial for Cofidis’ Louis Rouland, who’s having his wheel changed.
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The gradually uphill nature of the route means that, mercifully, there are no descents for the riders to have to worry about.
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Marsman on the attack.
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30KM TO GO
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With Visma interested solely in keeping Vingegaard safe, the sprinters’ teams will likely need to do some work at some point.
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He has a lead of about 7 seconds.
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Marsman made his move 34km from the finish.
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ATTACK – TIM MARSMAN
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Flat tyre for Florian Dauphin, who has had his rear wheel changed.
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40KM TO GO
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Houcou managed to get back into the peloton.
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Visma-Lease a Bie are leading the peloton, with no attack being made.
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Conditions still don’t look safe. The roads look wet and the riders tense.
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The organisers didn’t wait for Houcou to rejoin the peloton, eager to get things going.
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OFFICIAL START
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The start’s been delayed some more, with Emmanuel Houcou having a mechanical.
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The riders a little earlier at the new unofficial start.
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Denz is nearly back. We look set to start soon.
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Arthur Kluckers was the other rider to fall, along with Denz and Kämna.
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Denz is talking to his team car. The race start has been delayed while he remains out the back.
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Nico Denz looks more hurt, and is still making his way back to the peloton.
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For anyone unsure if they should be rising in such conditions, that incident will surely be seen as evidence against doing so.
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The incident happened right at the front of the peloton. They’re all back up again, but Lennard Kämna tore his shorts.
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There’s been a crash in the neutral zone, three riders down.
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Thankfully the weather has eased off somewhat, though the riders are all still decked in multiple layers to protect themselves from the cold.
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They’re on the move now, riding behind the neutral service car ahead of the official start.
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The riders are assembled at the new start and ready to go.
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Finally, though the climbs have been removed, the parcours isn’t exactly flat. In fact, all 47km go gradually uphill, which could prove too much of a test for the pure sprinters, especially if raced at a fast pace right from the off.
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Then there is the stage length, which at under 50km, won’t be a ‘stage’ in the traditional sense. There’s no time for the usual pattern of a break forming at the start, and the peloton chasing it down. Instead, we’re poised for intense racing right from the off, as any attack at any moment could be the move that takes the win.
2026-03-14T12:40:24.289Z
Now all the climbs have been removed, the first assumption would be that this will instead be one for the sprinters, but things might not be as straightforward as that.
First of all, there is the ongoing factor of the weather. So long as the rain keeps falling it’ll be difficult to control any rivers who are willing and eager to brave the elements and go out on the attack.
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So it looks like we should have some racing in about a quarter of an hour, from the stage’s new start at Pont Louis Nucera.
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Jonas Vingegaard earlier today. His lead on the overall classification looks even more secure now that the stage has been shortened and the climbs removed. What might have been a day for his Visma-Lease a Bike to control has become one that could be for the sprinters instead.
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The scene from the team presentations in Nice earlier today.
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A reminder of what happened during yesterday’s stage.
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Although we have no action to report just yet from Paris-Nice, today’s Tirreno-Adriatico stage is off and running. You can follow all the action with us here.
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Lidl-Trek’s bus, part of the convoy taking the race to its new start.
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It’s hard to convey just how nasty the weather is out there in France, but here’s a close-up detailing just how wet the road is.
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A list of the day’s non-starters:
Milan Menten (Lotto Intermarché)
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They aren’t the only riders that have pulled out this morning. In total there are twelve. We’ll bring you a full list in a moment.
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Not included among them are Pascal Eenkhoorn and stage two winner Max Kanter, both of whom have pulled out of the race.
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The riders are on their team buses now, making their way to the new start at Le Broc.
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Here was what Jonas Vingegaard had to say yesterday in regards to the threat of bad weather affecting today’s stage.
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Race leader Jonas Vingegaard.
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An update on the new route.
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As things stand, the race will be a gradual uphill 47km from the start to the finish at Isola, from an elevation of about 200m above sea level to 800m.
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Jensen Plowright could at least see the funny side of things.
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The situation remains in flux. It’s unclear what the appetite will be for any kind of racing in the peloton in such miserable conditions.
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The new start will be 73km into what was the originally planned route, at Louis Nucéra bridge in Le Broc, and finish at Isola village, with the original summit finish at Auron scapped.
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This is the weather that has caused the additional revisions.
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That means that both of the other climbs that had been on the agenda, the category three climbs, Côte de Carros and Côte de Bouyon, have been scrapped.
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The new planned start time is 12:45 GMT (13:45 local time).
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It’s been announced that the route has been shortened yet more. The stage will instead now only be 27km long, with a finish at Isola.
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⚠️ IMPORTANT – ETAPE 7 ⚠️Départ en convoi à 12h pour aller à un nouveau lieu de départ à 47km de l’arrivée. Le nouveau départ sera donné à 13h45 à cet endroit pour les 47 derniers km de la course.⚠️ IMPORTANT – STAGE 7 ⚠️We will depart in a convoy at 12:00 PM to head to a…March 14, 2026
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The weather out there is bad, with the rain falling. There could yet me more route revisions.
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So this won’t be the mountainous, queen stage that it was designed as, but, in March, such bad weather is always a possibility. Instead it looks set to be an intense stage, with enough climbs to still potentially prompt attacks, albeit not big GC gaps.
2026-03-14T10:17:46.133Z
First things first, the new route. It was announced yesterday that, due to snow, the race will no longer be able to travel up to the planned summit finish at Auron, instead finishing earlier on at Isola. There has been talk all week that adverse weather might affect this stage, but the good news is that the stage is still going ahead.
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Bonjour and welcome to stage seven of Paris-Nice!
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